Improvement in faucets



PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C

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y soLoMoN PFLEGER, 0F READING, ASSIGNOR TO 1 HIMSELF AND JAMES SHOEMAKERPFLEGER, or TAMAQUA. PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 112, 187, dated March 7, 1871. p

i, seam meets, f Reading, county of Berks, State-of Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Improved Faucet, of whichthe following is a specification.-

Nature and Object of the I Mention. My invention cf n'sists of a faucet,Constructed, in a manner too fully described hereafter to needpreliminary explanation, so that the pressure of the water in the willtend tomaintain the valve of the same in. close contact with its seat.

ma 3am of the Accompanying Drawing. Figure l is a sectional view ofmyimproved faucet; Figure 2, a transversesection on the line 1 2, fig. 1and Eig-ure3, a sectional view, showing a modification.

General Description.

i To a conical seat in a casing, A, is adapted a conicalitube, B, openat both end s, and threaded at the smaller end, so that it maybeconnectedlto a watersupply pipe.

A detachable cap, .3, which screws onto the casing A, covers-the upper,end of the tube B; and between this cap and the casing is secured apacking, It, which maintains a tight joint between the casing and thecap, but does not press upon the end of the tube B, so that the casing Amay turn freely on the said tube.

The casing A is provided with a detachable handle, 0, a nozzle, I, onwhich, when' the casiug is turned to the position shown in fig. 1,communicates, through an opening, .x, in the casing, and through acorresponding opening, y, in the tube B, with the interior jlMPROVEMENTm FAucE'rs.

The Schedule referred to In these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

The pressure ofthe water within the tube Bagainst the'casing A tends toraise the latter, and thus maintain the stationary conical tube or valveB in co'htact with itsmovable seat, any increase of pressure (instead ofincreasing the tendency to leak, as in ordinary valves) the moreeffectually closing the joint.

The modification,-shown in fig. 3,.i 1'epresents a fancet intended forhot and cold water in kitchens, 85c.

' This faucet is similar to that above described, ex

ceptthat it is inverted, so that the weight of the cas- C lai'in.

A faucet, consisting of a stationary conical tubular valve B, open atthe e'nd, and of a movable casing, A, having an outlet or nozzle,andfitted to and closing the end of the valve, so that the latter willbe retained against its seat by the water with a pressure proportionedto the pressure of the water, as set forth.

In testimony whereof'I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SOLOMON PELEGER.

- Witnesses:

J H. LUTz, JOHN RALSTON.

